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By KELLY CLARK
Senior Glenn Page didn't know
that when he .started a painting com
pany with .some buddies, the "(rood
Morning Painters," that it would
lead to a reggae radio show. Glenn
also wasn't aware that a certain
C.hristmas gift would lead to a
"tight" relationshijt with campus
puppy personality, Mako. It turns
out that for Glenn, unawares, is the
diverse topic of this article,
"G-Mon," from renaissance to reg
gae. I finally caught up with Glenn
as he was going on the air for his
Mon-Thur reggae lunch break, and
talked with this familiar Guilford
campus personality.
KELLY CLARK: How did reg
gae come into your life?
GLENN PAGE: In a vision. Ac
tually some friends of mine
started a housepainting company
in Boston, the Good Morning
Painters. Around 4 p.m. we'd be
getting off work and a reggae
show would just be coming on.
We'd just listen and go to the
beach and jam reggae.
The phone rings, it is a woman
from concert information, it
looks like Burning Spear won't be
playing in Greensboro. As Glenn
turns to cue up another album I
ask "What is this?"
G.P.: This is a great tune,
great tune.
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Glenn and friend, Mako. photo by Kelly Clark
K.C.: What are you involved
in?
G.P.: I'm involved in
everything, radio, I did a lot of
sailing on the Photon. Dan, the
skipper of the Photon, was my
roommate for awhile.
K.C.: Of the many things
you've done, what is the one that
stands out the most for you?
G.P.: Oh, that's my key thing.
Glenn Page's prescription for
happiness. Take a year off and
travel around the country.
K.C.: When did you do this?
G.P.: The year before I came
to Guilford. I drove coast to coast
in what else, the painting van. It
was good preparation for school.
Guilford College, Greensboro, N.C. 27410
K.C.: When did you get Mako?
(Glenn's faithful hound).
G.P.: Mako? Like the man
eating shark? I didn't have her
when I took my trip. I got her fall
break of my sophmore year; she
was a Christmas present. I got
her because some family friends
wanted a new hound so I took her.
Actually, we're tight, she's a
dung bucket though, she'll run
across Friendly Avenue alone
after looking about a million dif
ferent ways.
K.C.: The second half of this
continuing interview took part as
Glenn swilled Irish coffee while
lunching at Brott's. (see Best
II The West Market Street United
Methodist Church Handbells, ring
out the holidays during the Festival
of Lights. On December Bth
downtown Greensboro celebrated
by illuminating the area and spon
soring a multitude of events. In
cluded were carolers, bands, an art
exhibit and a tour of homes.
2f Guilford College had it own ver
sion of the Festival of Lights on the
Bth as luminaries lined the umlkway
leading from the Roger's home to
Dana Auditorium. There, the
Guilford College Choir preformed
"A Christmas Offering."
Bets). It has been said that you
started Biophile. Biophile is an
environmental awareness/outing
club.
G.P.: (Starting) that was a
reaction I had after reading in the
handbook that one already ex
isted. When I came to Guilford, I
found that it was defunct because
of lack of student support. It took
a long time to form, none of the
faculty wanted to touch it
because of the liability involved. I
finally got Carol Clark,
economics professor, to do it. At
the start it was a big success. A
whole lot of students came out
and we met for a year on our own.
I was there three years at the
helm, we finally formed the club
and got a small budget. I turned
the power over to sophomore
John Rickabaugh. I'd like to
come back in a couple of years
and see it really thriving. I learn
ed a lot about what it's like to deal
with motivation and apathy.
K.C.: What else have you done?
What I mean is, what else is im
portant to you?
G.P.: I'm a bio turned
economic major-really an en
vironmental economic major,
which is a new field, it didn't exist
twenty years ago.
December 13, 1985
K.C.: How did you get in
terested in this field?
G.P.: For the summers, I lived
on an island off the coast of
Massachusetts. There is nothing
on this island but a duck hunting
cabin and that's what my buddy
& I take care of. When the tide is
in, the entire island is surounded
by water. But, when the tide is
out, it's all marsh and ocean
kayaking is the mode of transpo.
K.C.: How does one go about
pursuing this type of interest?
G.P.: The coastal environment
is my main concern. Like the ef
fects of shellfishing on the local
economies, I started an indepen
dent study with Carol. I had a job
that gave me the chance to see
what the actual problems are on
the North Carolina coast. That
was good to see the grass-roots
operation. Only, everytime I
went in I saw more things that
needed to be done. I could see
that a lot of environmental deci
sions were being made by people
who were ignorant of the poten
tial effects. I want to go to
graduate school and get my
masters. Until then, I need more
experience in the field. I might
apply to state or maybe private
groups. I don't know, maybe I'll
go sking for a year.